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haak3 haa1
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[粵] haak3 [國] xia4 frighten; threaten; scare; intimidate; startle [粵] haa1 [國] he4 [interjection] tut; tut-tut; humph Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 17
Level: 3
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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嚇人 haak3 jan4 = [v] to scare someone 嚇唬 haak3 fu2 = scare/bluff 國 恐嚇 hung2 haak3 = to threaten; to menace 驚嚇 geng1 haak3 = to horrify, terrify, scare 嚇破膽 haak3 po3 daam2 = horror; horrible 嚇呆 haak3 ngoi4 = dumbfounded; to be aghast (at); be petrified; be frozen 嚇嚫 haak3 can1 = to horrify, terrify, scare 粵 嚇鬼 haak3 gwai2 = to scare or to frighten (used in stating one is not) 嚇死 haak3 sei2 = to scare to death 粵 嚇親 haak3 can1 = variant of 嚇嚫 粵 See all 17 compounds |
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Showing all 4 examples containing 嚇
佢嚇暈咗。 粵
She had such a fright that she fainted. [Compared with its English counterpart, a Cantonese sentence that uses a resultative particle (暈 in this case) is much simpler in structure. ]
嚇嚫我!/我都畀佢嚇嚫! 粵
[She] scared me! / I was scared by her too! [Lit. scared-bad-thing me! / I also by her scared-bad-thing!]
原來係噉,反而係我畀你嚇一跳添 粵
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you! [Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |